All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City